What a coincidence, the orginal film is on "Spike" channel. Which means they bleep out the bad words, but anyone can read lips. It is just at the part where the three Russkies are posing at the monument at Arapaho National Forest. They don't know it yet, but they are about to be bushwhacked by American partisans.

Wolverines!

I get a laugh at the translator's comments when he reads the plaque on the monument: Teddy Roosevelt led an army consisting of imperialists and cowboys to put down the wild Indians.

This movie resonated with me because I grew up in the shadow of the Cold War and was of fighting age when it came out. I had served as an infantry reservist. Sure, we Canucks don't get involved in many wars, but if the balloon had gone up in Europe, as a member of NATO we'd have been in it.

What a coincidence, the orginal film is on "Spike" channel. Which means they bleep out the bad words, but anyone can read lips. It is just at the part where the three Russkies are posing at the monument at Arapaho National Forest. They don't know it yet, but they are about to be bushwhacked by American partisans.

Wolverines!

I get a laugh at the translator's comments when he reads the plaque on the monument: Teddy Roosevelt led an army consisting of imperialists and cowboys to put down the wild Indians.

This movie resonated with me because I grew up in the shadow of the Cold War and was of fighting age when it came out. I had served as an infantry reservist. Sure, we Canucks don't get involved in many wars, but if the balloon had gone up in Europe, as a member of NATO we'd have been in it.

I love the air forcefighter pilot giving over the top textbook infantry instruction to the kids....heeheehee......"Grassing fire"

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I didn't get to finish watching it the other night. I have it on my PVR so I am watching it again. I just recalled something from the film that is incongruent. That scene where the Soviet tank, looks like at T-72, pulls up to the gas station and the partisan girl comes by on bicycle. The commander orders the crew to "take gasoline."

Problem is, Soviet tanks run on diesel, not gasoline.

I didn't let that goof up ruin my enjoyment of the film. It's almost impossible today to find a film, especially an older film that does not have some kind of error in continuity or fact. Pretty good scene, though. Love those Viet Cong style spider holes.

Some of the fighting scenes are a bit unrealistic as well. For example, in the scene where the Russian lineman is up the pole checking on a cut wire, his "security" element are all lounging about on their arses, while nearby buildings have not been checked or occupied, where the partisans are conveniently set up with fire lanes on the Reds. But hey, maybe some of them would be that stupid, especially if their army is full of Mestizo conscripts.

I saw it today. Let me start off by your not going to learn anything or tactics its a movie. Though it is meant to inspire. I see it as meant to inspire those who are free to cherish there freedom and not to let anyone take it away.
With out spoiling. The first 20 minutes of the movie gave me chills and made my hair stand up. The part you see in the commerical where foreign troops are landing on American soil. That just scares me. A japanese admiral once said when asked why he never attacked on land and he said it woukd be foolish because in america there would be a rifle behind ever blade of glass. I believe It was admiral yamomoto. This reminds me of Hillary and un gun ban. If her ban went through and all the guns were gone an invasion by foreign powers would be easy and maybe thats what obama wants. The more informed I get or the more news I watch its hard to see a movie as purely enjoyment which it should be.
The theatre was mostly empty. I figured it woukd be like this. I thought it would most likely be the paranoid tinfoil hat guys, maybe some preppers or survivalists. Well it was a couple old guys and kids under ten, and a bunch of teenagers. After the movie one guy in his 40's or so said where was swarzaneger. The kids just said who wants to go play arcade games.
I don't know maybe paying attention to politics and such takes away from the entertainment aspect. It just seemed like it was an it could happen, Hillary and obama wet dream type movie.

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I saw it today. Let me start off by your not going to learn anything or tactics its a movie. Though it is meant to inspire. I see it as meant to inspire those who are free to cherish there freedom and not to let anyone take it away.
With out spoiling. The first 20 minutes of the movie gave me chills and made my hair stand up. The part you see in the commerical where foreign troops are landing on American soil. That just scares me. A japanese admiral once said when asked why he never attacked on land and he said it woukd be foolish because in america there would be a rifle behind ever blade of glass. I believe It was admiral yamomoto. This reminds me of Hillary and un gun ban. If her ban went through and all the guns were gone an invasion by foreign powers would be easy and maybe thats what obama wants. The more informed I get or the more news I watch its hard to see a movie as purely enjoyment which it should be.
The theatre was mostly empty. I figured it woukd be like this. I thought it would most likely be the paranoid tinfoil hat guys, maybe some preppers or survivalists. Well it was a couple old guys and kids under ten, and a bunch of teenagers. After the movie one guy in his 40's or so said where was swarzaneger. The kids just said who wants to go play arcade games.
I don't know maybe paying attention to politics and such takes away from the entertainment aspect. It just seemed like it was an it could happen, Hillary and obama wet dream type movie.

JB, I felt the same. The opening scene in the original was pretty good, except for that part where a black teacher is leading a history class filled with bored white kids. Yeah, even back then they had to pander to the unrealistic. Anyhow, that part doesn't last long.

You are correct about not learning anything tactics wise. The commie paratroopers dropped without their rifles on them. They landed and then had to break open the canisters that contained their guns. The Germans learned at Crete what a dumb idea that was. The Cretian islanders came out of the olive orchards and slew many Germans with pitchforks and other agricultural implements before they could get to their guns. All of the armies learned from that and especially the American airborne, who insisted that a man jump ready to fight.

Also in the original, there is a moment when the Cuban colonel tells one of his men to go to the sporting goods store and confiscate all the gun records. That right there backs up what you say. "Registration leads to confiscation" is not necessarily true only of your own government. Yes, it was Admiral Yamamoto who said that there would be a rifle behind every blade of grass. That should give any invader of the U.S. pause. I was not alive then, but during WW2 American civilians were donating guns to be shipped to Britain, because their civilians were mostly unarmed. You see, in a monarchy, the King likes to get his weapons back once his men are done fighting. Kings do not like the idea of an armed peasantry.

Hildebeest is a power hungry bitch. You can see the greed for power in her ugly eyes. She would be even worse than her husband was. Well, I guess they had to soften up the American voter with a negro first before a woman president. After all, must keep to historical precedent. Black men did have the right to vote before white women in the U.S. I am sure she'd just love to disarm American citizens, to make her global village dream come true. It's funny though, how every liberal commie dream always begins by taking away guns from citizens.

Only foreigners in this one were japanese and a small bit of russians. Ofcourse they announced the russian soldiers were spetzsnaz. Because we all know regular soldoers are no fun, special forces make movies better.